Mystery Spot 47 is a named feature in one of America’s nearly 400 national parks. See if you can identify it using the clues provided below. Traveler readers answering correctly will be eligible for our monthly prize drawing and a chance to win a signed copy of Stephen R. Brown's beautiful photo book, the Jewel of the Mall: The World War II Memorial.
Here are all the clues you should need to identify this mystery spot:
Along the shore
There are seekers of ore
In an ancient keep, high above a vast deep.
My mind’s eye saw them, though they’re not real men
As we passed them once, and soon once again.
Bonus clue, no extra charge: Some are round and hollow, their glitter hidden.
Remember that this is a two-part question. To get full credit you must identify the specific physical or cultural feature as well as the national park in which it is located. Good Luck!
The answer and a list of readers submitting correct answers will be posted in tomorrow's Traveler.
No cheating!
If we catch you Googling or engaged in other sneakery, we will make you write a 2,500 word essay discussing the etymology, literal meaning, and contemporary interpretations of “Der Blinde erklärt dem Einäugigen die Farben.”
Comments
Not Calumet and Hecla Mine at Keweenaw National Historical Park, Caprice, but you are thinking along the correct lines.
You nailed it, Eric Nelson. I think you'll find the explanation of the clues interesting. You obviously got enough of it to work with, but there was more help in there than you realize.
Bingo, Ranger Dave! You're in.
Copper Mining Pits in Isle Royale National Park.
Not Copper Mining Pits in Isle Royale National Park. Very imaginative guess, though.
It is time for a boldly stupid guess (aided by the comment section):
Coppertown Mining Museum in Keewenaw National Historic Park.
Now you can slap me with an exceedingly cold fish from the waters of beautiful Lake Superior.
My guess is The Temple of Sinawava in Zion National Park